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"The Home Whovian was a 30 minute direct-to-video documentary produced in 1985 by and for the New Jersey Network (NJN). The special was hosted by Eric Luskin, and contained extended and re-cut interview footage that had previously appeared in Doctor Who's Who's Who. The special was later released on video in the UK by Reeltime Pictures in 2001, with a DVD edition under the Myth Makers series in 2004." - http://gallifreybase.com/w/index.php/The_Home_Whovian
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Anyway, back to editing suites. Since I'm going to be using DaVinci Resolve from time to time I expect I'll need for the GPU either a 1070 or a 1080. Any idea on how much RAM I might need?
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Speaking of which, I'm hoping to give the old Lionheart logo the Yadif treatment. I think it might appear on "The Home Whovian", a PBS special presented in association with NJN that was released on VHS just over 30 years ago.
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(continued) nless we can get a Doctor Who™ sonic screwdriver ...
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Between Avisynth and VirtualDub, with their large library of plug-ins, can supply many functions missing-from / better-than other programs. U
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Avisynth I can do using VirtualDub. DaVinci Resolve is mainly for color correction purposes.
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The manual should help, if you can finish it (1069 pages) before the next version comes out ... http://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/Da...Manual.pdf
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Apparently DaVinci Resolve doesn't like Avisynth (it's output formats). https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=172456 "although Resolve supports AVI ... it only supports a few specific formats. ... The problem becomes getting UYVY, or 10-bit RGB, out of Avisynth. As far as I know the Avisynth+ project hasn't implemented higher bit depths just yet."
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Oh. Well, at least I'll know to be prepared for the big leap.
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DaVinci Resolve. And Video Games
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Wait, what are you talking about?
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Video Game Design -- easy to learn, hard to master
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^ I'm glad it's not just me. Clearly a video game designer did NOT design that user interface
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> Valeyard I just installed it. Looks like I have steep learning curve ahead!
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That or a new desktop, depends on what the specs tell me.
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I still plan to get a new laptop, but at that price range, I'm not planning to shop around that exclusive item right now.
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You can see it, but I doubt it'll be useful for your PC; after all, I don't have any of the proper specs, and I'm pretty sure you don't, either. https://www.extremetech.com/computing/24...urn-speeds
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UHD-BD burner link, please! Curious to see it...
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And with the first Ultra HD Blu-ray burner on the market being priced well out of my range, it doesn't look like I'll be shopping for any UHD adventures any time soon. Maybe in a few years' time, when the prices go down...
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Whoa, that was a blast! Anyway, I'm back from my laptop hunt. Now, I'm going to analyse what I observed more closely.
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Anyway... when I get to restoring TGTBATU, I'm thinking of extending the Mexican standoff at the end to incorporate the full, unedited version of "Il triello", the music that plays during the showdown. I'm not sure what route to go, but I do know it involves reusing shots, so I'm going to need some input here.
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I just installed it. Looks like I have steep learning curve ahead! Sad
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Da Vinci is the best indeed !
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But the way I see it, DaVinci Resolve 12.5 is the best tool for the job. Course, I might upgrade when the free version gives more stereo capability than the current version does, but I guess some things can wait; after all, I'm not yet planning any stereo projects.
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Oh, regarding color grading, when it needs to be done manually I'm gonna swear by DaVinci Resolve Lite, unless someone would point me to some better freeware in that regard.
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I'm going to check out some powerful i7 laptops tomorrow, wish me luck!
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I'm on a network free from congestion problems Smile
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Damn, I just upgraded too, and I dl at 400mbs with upload now at 40mbs ! That's much better for ratio, previously I was at 500K upload lol
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Some providers do throttle bandwidth during peak times. It's worth checking with your ISP
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It *should* be around 50mbps, but in reality is around 20mpbs... better than previous 7mbps, but far from the potential 200mbps fiber can reach in my city... oh, let's wait if it improves in the weekend!
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I bet your download speed is much faster too!
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Fiber is now at my home! Not lightning fast Sad but I can upload at 20x (at least) in comparison to old ADSL... that's why I uploaded three projects in the last days!
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FYI I ordered two mugs, can’t wait to receive them! 2 days left…
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So... After inserting the HD-DVD Lot into my collection... My DVD Profiler has a number count just above 3000...
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@spoRv how's your fiber connection coming along?
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Sorry, I just have the Special Edition Full Screen P&S DVDs from USA
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Nearly have a complete Rambo Artisan set, but I miss the second film (in the case, there was the SE with the drab colors) anybody got a copy of that release? https://www.amazon.com/Rambo-First-Blood...0784011214
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Yep, washed them and it improved playing a bit.
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I will only accept original mono tracks for use in my restoration projects.
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Oh, in case anyone's not figured it out yet, I don't do folddowns.
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On my end, I haven't been able to find any good deal on the Italian Blu-ray for Fistful, but I do intend to look for other materials for my planned Dollars Trilogy restoration in the meantime, so as not to waste too much time.
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@Stamper is the fog on the playing surface? Sounds like the MGM/Technicolor disc problem. Washing the discs might fix it if they're not too far gone
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DVDrot... currently I'm buying some used stuff (about 2 bucks a film) to save the original mixes... just got Rambo 1 + 2 alas those discs show severe fog on their surface. Was able to play them and rip them, but they're due to be unusable in 10 years times. So be sure to save on those early discs (from 1997 to 2002) while you can, they all have original mixes that were crapped upon and doctored for reissues.
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The real question is does the hd-dvd pron have DNR compared to the blu? @MrBrown you'll have to get the blu ray and compare them Smile
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Well... I think of buying the pron parodys to nightmare on elm street and the human Centipede...
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Still the question: Why does someone buy pron? Big Grin
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Well then, you got a freebie, nothing to complain about Smile
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I mean, seriously, on any format, period?
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More to the point, who in the hell would put undeclared pr0n in a bulk auction?
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I just bought a package of HD-DVD. The two Fleshwestern were not mentioned 8n the eBay auction...
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Apparently, you do
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Why, the heck, does someone buy pron Movies on HD-DVD???
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Some still sealed, ie. the T2 Steelbook.
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So, my ~150 HD-DVDs arrived today... nice, heavy package...
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@IcePrick I agree it's looking very good. I've got it pre-ordered. It was always a long shot that they would get the rights to the original dub
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@zoidberg It's a minor disappointment for me, but it is shaping up to be a killer release. At least Eureka gives a damn about the movie.
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Nooooooooo Eureka can't get the dub for Drunken Master
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Thanks, will have to whip out the hard drive with windows on it!
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@Stamper. Try Valeyard's Motion-Adaptive script. You can find it in the Restoration Guides subforum.
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Would 25-to-24 IVTC work in this case?
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I think some field blending is involved to keep PAL playing at the same lenght as original footage, thus it's unusable to remaster
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Lenght and pitch is the same as the original NTSC only it plays at PAL 25fps
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This is scratch head time!
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Anyone knows how to fix this? Pal, 25fps stuff that is actually the same lenght as the 23.976fps NTSC version. If I convert back to NTSC, it's shorter, if I keep 25fps, I can't sync in FCPX as the timeline is 23.976
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No.. more like listened too much to Rammstein and such... Big Grin
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Clearly someone's seen some Downfall parodies... Big Grin
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Hey... It is a Shoutbox... And if a language qualifies for shouting... It is German... Big Grin
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Anyway... I finally got finished using VirtualDub to make a high-quality recording of my 20th Century-Fox Video rental tape of Fistful of Dollars. As soon as I can, I'll put up screenshots from it and the later MGM/UA tape for comparison purposes.
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Seriously though, I need not consult my German dictionary just to follow your conversations.
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Ja, Englisch, bitte! Big Grin
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English, please! Wink
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Haha Big Grin
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Ja... Die von Bochum schön weit weg ist... Big Grin
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Oh, die schönere Gegend des Ruhrgebiets Big Grin
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Grüße aus momentan Braunschweig... Auch wenn ich zuweilen noch zu Hause in Mülheim an der Ruhr bin...
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MrBrown, schöne Grüße aus der Nähe von Dortmund ^^
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The Steelbook itself...
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I'm sure you've got a few unique video masters/sound mixes/special features in amongst that job lot! Is there anything unique about the T2 steelbook other than the 7.1 audio?
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mostly the HD-DVD and the BD counterparts are very similar.. just almost unnoticable encoding differences...
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(In Italy they seem to use the former HD-DVD MAster for the BluRay...)
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...and that's a pity, because some of the companies, first on the HD-DVD trian, and later jumped the BD train revised their HD masters with DNR for BD releases...
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some of them have that issue...
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HD-DVDs rot?
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Maybe you can rip the HD-DVD side and turn it in to a bluray for viewing.
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Yeah, I think one disc replication plant was the culprit, and Warner titles seem to be affected most. Had a Universal combo disc go bad too. The DVD side worked fine though.
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I think the Harry Potter may be a problem, I Already have some of them already, that don't work on my external drive... For the price it is worth a shot to take some rotten...
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I hope they are all rot free. I've had three HD DVD's go bad on me in the past few years.
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Quite a list for sure. I have a small collection of German HD-DVD releases of movies I enjoy.
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...but it is a nice list, indeed: www.ebay.de/itm/152456763468
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Uhm... That really is an issue... Big Grin
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Hope you've got shelf space!
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So... I just caught 150 HD-DVD on eBay...
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@crissrudd4554 - I think he just doesn't have a lot of time for Fanres at the moment.
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Not to mention, a good idea, at least, of how to proceed with things.
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What I do have is a good idea of several of the sources I'll be using for the restoration, at least one of the sources, and a good deal of information to work with when reconstructing certain things.